Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Edeka goes premium
- Creating differentiation
- Premium, but not stuck up
- A gap in the market
Headlines for the Month
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- Food retailers
- Clothing retailers
- Multi-sector
- Department stores
- Carpet retailers
- Furniture retailing
- Home shopping
- Health and beauty
- Luxury goods
Retail Sales Review
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- Key points
- France
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- Figure 1: France: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
- Inflation
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- Figure 2: France: Inflation, 2008-09
- Germany
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- Figure 3: Germany: Retail sales trends, 2008- 09
- Inflation
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- Figure 4: Germany: Inflation, 2008-09
- Italy
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- Figure 5: Italy: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: Italy: Inflation, 2008-09
- Netherlands
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- Figure 7: The Netherlands: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
- Inflation
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- Figure 8: The Netherlands: Inflation, 2008-09
- Spain
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- Figure 9: Spain: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
- Inflation
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- Figure 10: Spain: Inflation, 2008-09
- UK
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- Figure 11: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
- Inflation
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- Figure 12: UK: Annual percentage change in Retail Price Index for selected product groups, 2008-09
Clothing Retailers in Europe
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- European market size
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- Figure 13: Europe: Estimated consumer spending on clothing, by country, 2008
- Clothing specialists’ sales
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- Figure 14: Europe: Estimated specialist clothing retailers’ sales, 2007 and 2008
- Leading retailers
- Leading specialist clothing retailers
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- Figure 15: Europe: Top 20 clothing retailers in Europe, 2008/09
- Esprit
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- Figure 16: Esprit: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2004-08
- History
- Financial performance
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- Figure 17: Esprit: Group financial performance, 2004/05-2008/09
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- Figure 18: Esprit: Sales performance, by channel and region, 2004/05-2008/09
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 19: Esprit: Outlet data, 2005-09
- Figure 20: Esprit: Store network, by region and type, June 2009
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands and product offer
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- Figure 21: Esprit product offer, 2009
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- Figure 22: Esprit: Product mix, 2008/09
- Pricing
- e-commerce and home shopping
News Analysis
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- Co-ops (retail)
- UK: Co-op posts H1 profit increase
- Grocers
- Belgium: Colruyt to focus on French expansion
- Belgium: Delhaize records Q3 profit rise
- France: Carrefour to withdraw from Russia, reports challenging Q3
- France: Casino Q3 sales down
- Germany: Lidl to launch its own online DVD rental service
- Netherlands: Ahold Q3 sales up 4.3%
- Netherlands: Jumbo wins Super de Boer race
- Portugal: Jeronimo Martins reports jump in Q3 profits
- Russian Federation: Dixy sales jump 15%
- Russian Federation: Magnit
- …posts 31% sales rise
- …raises $527 through share offer
- …returns to profit
- Spain: Mercadona plans €700 million investment in Catalonia
- Sweden: Axfood reports solid results
- Sweden: ICA results improve in Q3
- UK: Morrisons asks suppliers for support
- UK: Tesco
- …to create 1,000 jobs in bank division
- …to invest £3 million in senior staff development
- Off-licences
- UK: First Quench
- …on the brink of administration
- …plunges into administration
- …to close 373 Threshers stores
- …circled by potential buyers
- Clothing retailing
- Germany: Escada sold to Megha Mittal
- Italy: Max Mara profits almost halve
- Sweden: H&M sees LFLs fall in September
- UK: Arcadia profits increase 13%
- UK: Burberry enjoys revenue boost
- UK: Green plans major Bhs overhaul
- UK: Matalan ponders £1.5 billion sale
- UK: Primark LFLs up 7%
- UK: TM Lewin posts record results
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Home Retail Group H1 profit up
- UK: Instore H1 losses narrow
- UK: Mothercare
- …LFLs up 4.1%
- …signs deal for Indian expansion
- Multi-sector retailing
- Finland: Kesko Q3 profit down 9%
- France: PPR sales down 7.6%
- Germany: Metro
- …loses interest in Karstadt acquisition
- …plots Cash & Carry stores in Kazakhstan
- …reports solid Q3 results
- …could scrap Karstadt purchase plan
- UK: M&S
- …launches climate change campaign
- …plots food sales boost
- …posts solid results, to sell brands in stores
- …to increase sales with online food offering
- …to unveil overhauled website
- UK: Next sales beat expectations
- Department stores
- Finland: Stockmann pre-tax profit narrows
- Italy: Gruppo Coin circles rival Upim
- UK: Debenhams
- …chairman to leave
- …enjoys profit boost
- …to restart refurbishment plan
- UK: Harrods to sell gold bars
- UK: John Lewis posts online sales surge
- UK: Liberty posts "strong" July sales
- DIY retailing
- UK: Kingfisher demands better terms from landlords
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright reports better-than-expected H1 sales
- UK: Floors-2-Go seeks funds for expansion
- Homewares retailing
- UK: BrightHouse LFLs up 9.9%
- UK: Dunelm enjoys LFLs increase
- Furniture retailing
- UK: Habitat could be put up for sale
- Home shopping
- Germany: Otto Group to focus on e-sales
- Germany: Quelle to close
- UK: Amazon sales and profits up
- UK: Flying Brands
- …raises £1.76 million through share placing
- …sales down 2%
- UK: N Brown posts 13% profit increase
- UK: Shop Direct warns rival Alworths
- Health and beauty retailing
- Belgium: Omega Pharma posts solid Q3 results
- Germany: Celesio writes down pharmacy assets
- UK: Alliance Boots
- …loses out in Swedish auction
- …buys back debt at a discount
- …posts 11.6% revenue boost
- UK: Body Shop LFLs down 0.9%
- Books and stationery retailing
- UK: WH Smith
- …posts mixed results
- …confident about Christmas 2009 season
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Blacks Leisure
- …H1 loss widens to £18 million
- …proposes CVA
- UK: JJB
- …reports £100 million fundraising success
- …shareholder sells 22 million shares
- …quashes fund raising cancellation rumours
- UK: Sports Direct to lose largest stakeholding
- Jewellers
- UK: Aurum agrees refinancing, posts solid results
- UK: Signet posts sales decrease
- Luxury goods retailing
- France: Hermes Q3 revenue up 10%
- France: Louis Vuitton plans international expansion
- Greetings cards retailing
- UK: Clinton Cards results improve in Q2
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